Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

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In The King James Version

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

In Context

10He told it to his father just as to his brothers, and his father rebuked him. He said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground to you?”

12His brothers went to tend their father's flock in Shechem.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:14He had many sheep and cattle, and a large household. The Philistines envied him.

1 Samuel 18:8Saul was very angry, and this song displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but they have ascribed only thousands to me. What more can he have but the monarchy?”

Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw that every act of labor and every skillful work became the envy of one's neighbor. This also is vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind. 1

Isaiah 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, but they do not notice. 1 But they will see your zeal for the people and be put to shame, because fire of your adversaries will devour them. 1

Matthew 27:18He knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because of envy.

Luke 2:19But Mary kept thinking about all the things she had heard, treasuring them in her heart.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:6-12

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his… Read the whole commentary →

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